Total Crime Rate

120.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.5 7/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Drugs 8.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Robbery 6.7 8/10
  • Burglary 4.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.5 4/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Grayling Close area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Canning Town North , and the 308th highest crime rate of 762 local areas in Newham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grayling Close (E16 4PB) in the last 12 months was 120.5 per 1,000 residents and was 35.5% lower than the Canning Town North average (186.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 42.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grayling Close (E16 4PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Memorial Avenue, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Verbena Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Grayling Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teasel Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valerian Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pretoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Verbena Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Star Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Star Lane
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Celandine Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mafeking Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime B164 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Germander Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Desford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Exning Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Addington Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Memorial Avenue
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Memorial Avenue
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ladysmith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ladysmith Road
Sep 2025Other theft Durham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Memorial Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teasel Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilda Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teasel Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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